Week of June 4-10

Saturday, June 4 The rain has stopped. Summer's on. It's party time for mosquitoes, which should be in greater abundance than normal this year due to the wet spring. Meet Janet Prescott, entrepreneur, descended from the Marshmallow Fluff dynasty and creator of the Sally Bags line of fabric totes. A Wolfeboro Falls woman dies on the back of her husband's Harley in Tuftonboro. Monday, June 6 In a shift of its affections, Poland Spring is keeping Fryeburg at arm's length and flirting with Kingfield as the potential site of a new water-bottling plant. N.H. Public Utilities Commission orders Fryeburg Water Co. to "make bottled water available at no charge to all East Conway customers" and fines the company president $1,500. Swayed by the tearful pleas of the victim, a judge shows leniency to a Conway man who stole and hocked an $8,000 diamond ring to feed his drug addiction. Instead of going to jail James Dingman, 24, will go to drug counseling. Tuesday, June 7 Owners of Mountain Valley Mall Theatre say redevelopment plans for the mall are likely to force the closing of the movie theater by failing to provide adequate parking for the site's stores. West Side Road resident Joseph "Ned" Sullivan is appealing to N.H. Supreme Court for the right to use a helicopter landing site at his property. Tracy Johnson, 33, of Barrington, pleads not guilty to negligent homicide in connection with a car accident that killed a Madison teen in December. The 10-year-old boy who died in a bicycle accident on Cathedral Ledge Road in Bartlett is identified as Luke McDermott, of Hingham, Mass. Town of Freedom acquires 2,660-acre forest, paid for through public grants and private donations. Fryeburg selectmen are asking Oxford County Commissioners to send county jail inmates over to Fryeburg to provide free labor. Jeffrey Lamarche, 26, jailed without bail following two drug busts in Ossipee, swears he didn't and wouldn't run from prosecution.Wednesday, June 8 A mother and daughter escape unhurt when their mobile home burns in the Lamplighters Mobile Home Park; police are investigating a report that someone poured gasoline all over their porch. A handful of homes and 200 tons of junk have been hauled out of Sandy Ridge Estates, but Ossipee selectmen are still calling one part of the rejuvenated housing park a war zone. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be the featured speaker at Carroll County Democratic Party's Grover Cleveland Dinner. The first major step toward putting ownership of the Fryeburg Water Company into the hands of customers occurs in Augusta on May 20 when Gov. John Baldacci signs a bill setting up the Fryeburg Water District.Thursday, June 9 Corinne Rocco, who has served for the past six years as assistant principal at Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg, is hired as the new principal at Freedom Elementary School. A Madison man, Jeffery Alan Knott, 46, is arrested on two counts of simple assault for allegedly punching women outside Peking Restaurant on Eastman Road in North Conway. Chatham citizens want to improve the look of their historic town house after the state requires the community to build a wheelchair ramp and a special parking pad for the disabled at the polling place. A Tamworth woman who police say passed herself off as a nurse practitioner to obtain prescription drugs is indicted on two felony charges. Brianna Kondrat is valedictorian at Kennett High, and Callie Brauel is salutatorian. East Conway customers of Fryeburg Water Company hope an engineering study expected soon will prompt action on improving drinking-water quality. Corinne Rocco, who has served for the past six years as assistant principal at the Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg, is hired as the new principal at Freedom Elementary School. A Madison man, Jeffery Alan Knott, 46, is arrested on two counts of simple assault for allegedly punching women outside the Peking Restaurant on Eastman Road in North Conway. Chatham citizens want to improve the look of their historic town house after the state requires the community to build a wheelchair ramp and a special parking pad for the disabled at the polling place. A Tamworth woman who police say passed herself off as a nurse practitioner to obtain prescription drugs is indicted on two felony charges. Brianna Kondrat is valedictorian at Kennett High, Callie Brauel is salutatorian. East Conway customers of Fryeburg Water Company hope an engineering study expected soon will prompt action on improving drinking-water quality.Friday, June 10 A bomb unit disables two explosive devices in an apartment on West Main Street in Conway Village, prompting a four-hour evacuation of the neighborhood and the arrest of apartment tenant Shannon Sherman, 27. A walking/jogging path is added to the "Field of Dreams" recreation complex in Fryeburg. A report on a harassment investigation has been kept under seal in North Conway Water Precinct either out of a consultant's mistrust of two participants in the interviews, Mark Hounsell and Ted Sares, or because commissioners are withholding it to head off a backlash from the critical report. These two versions of events are argued during a petition hearing in Carroll County Superior Court. Focus: Tamworth is keeping the heat on Tamworth selectmen, alleging that the town board is holding illegal meetings and otherwise collaborating behind the scenes with officials affiliated with Club Motorsports Inc., developers of a controversial motor sports facility. Selectmen say little aloud when pressed for a public statement, instead challenging detractors to "take the next step."